Introducing Divine Schism
OUR LATEST RECORD WHICH WE CALL DIVINE SCHISM IS A DIY SELF RELEASED THANK YOU TO OUR FANS WHO SHOW UP AT OUR MERCH TABLE WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY PLACE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET A PHYSICAL COPY
LPS CDS AND TEE SHIRTS ARE BEING MANUFACTURED AS WE SPEAK IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T GET TO A SHOW THERE'S A DIGITAL PRE ORDER AT BANDCAMP WHERE YOU CAN ALREADY HEAR THE FIRST SONG “SUN LIKE IT HOT”
A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON DIVINE SCHISM IS THE QUEERCORE PUNK AND HARDCORE BANDS WITH WHOM WE’VE SHARED THE BANDSTAND WHO LIKE MANY YOUNGER ARTISTS ASK US ABOUT SELF-RELEASING TO WHICH WE ALWAYS REPLIED THAT THERE'S NO REASON TO BE AFRAID OR ASHAMED UNTIL WE REALIZED WE’D NEVER ACTUALLY TRIED IT
SO JOYFUL NOISE GRACIOUSLY GAVE US THEIR BLESSING TO RELEASE DIVINE SCHISM ON OUR OWN LABEL CHILDREN OF HOOF MUSIC LIBRARY
A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL ORDER FROM THEIR WAREHOUSE BUT TO REDUCE THE LEVELS OF MEDIATION SEPARATING US FROM OUR LISTENERS DIVINE SCHISM WILL FOR EXAMPLE NOT BE AVAILABLE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS
DIVINE SCHISM WAS RECORDED PARTLY AT HOME AND PARTLY AT RUSSIAN RECORDING BY MIKE BRIDAVSKY AND WAS WRITTEN PERFORMED MIXED AND MASTERED BY SATOMI MATSUZAKI ED RODRIGUEZ JOHN DIETERICH AND GREG SAUNIER WITH DRAWINGS BY SATOMI AND LAYOUT BY GREG
THIS IS PERHAPS DEERHOOF'S SCI FI ORATORIO BEING A LARGE SCALE WORK WITHOUT COSTUMES OR SCENERY BUT WITH A LARGE WOW FACTOR
WE ARRIVED AT THE STUDIO IN MARCH 2026 DETERMINED TO USE EVERY RARE AMP VINTAGE ORGAN COLLECTIBLE SOVIET SYNTHESIZER ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND WACKY STOMP BOX THERE IN ORDER TO BUILD A COMPLEX ATMOSPHERIC PANORAMA LAYER BY DISSONANT LAYER
WE TELL THE STORY OF THE EARTH BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUN WHO CAN NO LONGER SEE ONE OF ITS FAVORITE CHILDREN BUT SEES ONLY ITS OWN BLINDING REFLECTION DUO TO GEO ENGINEERING DEPLOYED BY TECH OLIGARCHS WHO WOULD RATHER COVER THE EARTH IN MIRRORS THAN STOP BURNING UP THE PLANET
SPECIAL THANKS TO AIDEN CANADAY AND RICHARD BELL OF OXFORD BASED DIY LABEL AND LIVE PROMOTION TEAM DIVINE SCHISM FOR IMMEDIATELY AGREEING TO LEND US THEIR NAME WHEN WE ASKED INTO A MICROPHONE DURING OUR SET AT THE BULLINGDON
THE VINYL IS MADE FROM RECYCLED PVC AND THAT’S WHY THE VINYL COLOR IS MYSTERY FLAVOR???
